The Most Important Heart Risk Test You Have Probably Never Heard Of.

And why there is a 1 in 5 chance it impacts you.

“Dad had a heart attack at 50.

His Dad had a heart attack at 50.

My uncle had a heart attack at 50.

Am I next?”

That is how the conversation usually starts.

Someone is sitting in front of me with a rip-roaring early family history of heart disease, and they want to know if they are next and what they can do about it.

This person usually has already done some basic testing, and nothing seems to be wrong.

But they want to look a little deeper and find out what their true risk of a heart attack is.